0:00 - Story about how one truck driver was always running into bridges during night driving

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Keywords: Bailey bridge; crashes; truck driving

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1:21 - Only one replacement during the war / Combat engineers' role during the Lost Battalion rescue / Eating a meal with a family in Dijon / A mine clearing casualty near Nice

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Keywords: 232nd Combat Engineer Company; artillery fire; cigarettes; Lost Battalion; mine field; tree bursts

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8:09 - Unit ships back to Italy / The war in spring

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Keywords: artillery fire; casualties; Italy; Landing Ship Tank (LST)

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12:23 - Platoon sergeant asking him to do a dangerous job / Background information on platoon sergeant

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Keywords: drinking; gambling; Hawaii; Little Tokyo; reunion

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15:10 - Doing his job despite the stress and dangers / Nisei soldiers needed to keep moving forward

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Keywords: BAR; Combat Infantryman Badge; duty; loyalty; Samurai; Silver Star

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19:29 - Story about a Nisei who was always fighting soldiers from other units

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Keywords: 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR); bar; fighting; I Company; Nice; Nisei soldiers; stockade

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21:52 - Hearing about the war being over in Europe

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Keywords: discharge points; Genoa; Gothic Line; Po Valley; POW; radio; sniper

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24:48 - Dealing with seeing all the horrors of war / Working on the committee to build the WWII memorial in Washington DC

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Keywords: alcoholic; attitude; brothers; cigarette; experiences; Korean War; memorial; stroke

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